All-rounder Glenn Maxwell’s hits his maiden ODI hundred as the four-time winners overcame a spirited Sri Lanka by 64 runs and inched closer to securing a quarterfinals berth in the cricket World Cup, here today.
Opting to bat in the Pool A match, Australia posted a mammoth 376 for nine against a hapless Sri Lanka side, before the islanders’ innings ended at 312 in 46.2 overs.
Kumar Sangakkara tried to make a match of it, notching up his 24th ODI ton during an innings that saw him complete 14,000 runs in this format, only the second player after Sachin Tendulkar to reach the milestone.
Score card
Australia Innings – 376/9 (50 overs)
| Batting | Out Desc | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Finch | st Sangakkara b S Prasanna | 24 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 100.0 |
| David Warner | c S Prasanna b Malinga | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 75.0 |
| Steven Smith | c T Perera b Dilshan | 72 | 88 | 7 | 1 | 81.8 |
| Michael Clarke (c) | b Malinga | 68 | 68 | 6 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Glenn Maxwell | c Malinga b T Perera | 102 | 53 | 10 | 4 | 192.5 |
| Shane Watson | c Chandimal b T Perera | 67 | 41 | 7 | 2 | 163.4 |
| James Faulkner | run out (Mathews/T Perera) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Brad Haddin (wk) | c T Perera b Mathews | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 277.8 |
| Mitchell Johnson | not out | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Mitchell Starc | run out (T Perera/Mathews) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Xavier Doherty | not out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | 6 | (b – 1 w – 4, nb – 0, lb – 1) | ||||
| Total | 376 | (50 Overs, 9 Wickets) | ||||
Sri Lanka Innings – 312
| Batting | Out Desc | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lahiru Thirimanne | c Haddin b Johnson | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | lbw b Faulkner | 62 | 60 | 8 | 0 | 103.3 |
| Kumar Sangakkara (wk) | c Finch b Faulkner | 104 | 107 | 11 | 0 | 97.2 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | run out (Clarke) | 19 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 86.4 |
| Angelo Mathews (c) | c Haddin b Watson | 35 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 112.9 |
| Dinesh Chandimal | retd out | 52 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 216.7 |
| Thisara Perera | c Doherty b Johnson | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 266.7 |
| Upul Tharanga | c Warner b Faulkner | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 80.0 |
| Seekkuge Prasanna | b M Starc | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 81.8 |
| Sachithra Senanayake | c Doherty b M Starc | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 87.5 |
| Lasith Malinga | not out | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | 11 | (b – 2 w – 4, nb – 0, lb – 5) | ||||
| Total | 312 | (46.2 Overs, 10 Wickets) | ||||
